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Basically it is about explaining DES' motivations for banning entertainment. A popular theory of mine is because the DGTO deep down is a corporation and views Kiraras as a disruptive factor to the FTL Monopoly they had siezed at the end of the war. Dualium is the lifeblood of the DGTO's government. They start losing it and people will question why a giant plutocracy needs to ban entertainment beyond "it is bad" and sees the DGTO as what they truly are: War profiteers who makes money off the misery and suffering of people.

And interesting dynamic I put out is that the DGTO is the lesser of two evils for a cause of an etertainment ban. If they had religous zealots akin to Blackwatch, AKB0048 will be greeted with nuclear barrages of fire and entire planets put to flames for the sake of enforcing the ban. But since that is bad for business...

EDIT: Whoops, it was jsut their way to say "TURN OFF ALL CAMERAS, DES ELECTRONIC INTERFERENCE IN EFFECT PLEASE TURN OFF ALL MUSIC"

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Old McDonald had a farm...Eyey Eyey O...And on his farm he had a Khzithak...Eyey Eyey O...With a ARHHFAHHAAAAAAAAARRRGIIIAAA HELP AAAUUU HELP! IT'S GNAWING OFF MY...

Furukawa - Of course it is! But I understand her feeling. Her enthusiasm for「AKB0048」too is incredible! Some time ago when the demo video for the anime was made public, Rena-san (Matsui) watched it and protested「In the dance scenes, I want every character to have more individuality in their movements. If the characters don’t have their own way to move their hands and other individual traits, it won’t cross over Im@s (Idol@Master) quality!」… And what’s more she wrote about her general impression about the video on her own Google+. Of course, she perfectly knew it was still a demo-video. But seeing how she displayed her passion by expressing her will to see the quality of the anime being the best possible since the early stage, was really cool.

Quote:

Q - I’d like to address Hata-san regarding this 「AKB0048」anime given she participates in the project as a seiyuu, making her apparition in episode 02. Watching the series myself and in all honesty, I thought your acting was rather stiff…

Hata - I received the same criticisms from fans… Not to have any inflections… Some people implying I should give up on wanting to be a seiyuu… But I received those instructions from director Kawamori 「You’re playing a character who lacks feelings, so I want you to say your lines without emotions」. He added 「She is a girl who speaks flatly」…There are indeed… some difficulties in that role… To tell the truth I’m not sure myself about what I should do. If I put too much heart in voicing her I’m told「She needs to be more monotone!」and we need to redo the scene…..
(With a tearful voice) And fans don’t understand the reason behind my character sounding so lifeless……I understand the necessity there is for me to study more…… but…… but right now I’m playing a character with no feeling so it has to be like this.
(Now crying for good, worried Furukawa and Yakata watching over her) But as the story develops, I think this will change… Please have faith in me a bit longer!

Q - It was thoughtless of my part to make such a judgement after a single episode! Please accept my deepest apologies! I shall keep watching and encourage you from now on!

Hata - I’m very sorry for letting things turn like this (wiping her tears).

BTW, I find it a coincidence that I like this show and we have a law -- with a vague wording on libel -- that could wrongfully imprison anyone making a critical commentary or dissent.

Tomochin basic data:
Real Name: 板野友世 (Itano Tomoyo), Older sister: 友華 (Tomoka?)
Interesting that as decedents of the original, they have the same surname, and seems all are named with the first kanji being the kanji for friend "友", same first kanji from Tomomi "友美".
Birthday: 06/03
Age: 17 years old
Height: 154cm
Home Planet: アキバスター (Akibastar)

EDIT:
Looking around on the internet for people who already got their vol 4, it comes with data on Takamina and Sae. Takamina real name is 有沢栞 (Arisawa Shiori?), and Sae's real name is 朝宮陽子 (Asamiya? Youko).

My level at japanese is still too low to do those parts more information heavy and full of kanji. That's why I only post the short and easier to read info. I can do some low quality trans with translation tools, but because it's a printed material, it won't help in this case.